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Home › Outages & safety › Power lines and your health › Research and resources on EMF

Research and resources on EMF

Recent research and additional resources

We commission a regular summary report on the progress of scientific and medical research on electric and magnetic fields.

These reports are filed to the BC Utilities Commission:

  • EMF and Health: Review of the Scientific Research from March 2012 to December 2016 [PDF, 1.2MB]
  • EMF and Health: Comprehensive Review and Update of the Scientific Research: January 2010 through March 2012 [PDF, 711KB]
  • Summary report on the status of research related to Radiofrequency Field Exposures and Health: July 2012 [PDF, 478KB]
  • EMF and Health: Comprehensive Review and Update of the Scientific Research: September 2007 through January 2010 [PDF, 1MB]

Canadian Regional, Provincial, and Federal government agencies

  • BC Centre for Disease Control: Electro-magnetic exposures
  • Health Canada: EMF fact sheet
  • Federal-Provincial-Territorial Radiation Protection Committee (FPTRPC): Response Statement [PDF, 41 KB]

World Health Organization and associated agencies

  • World Health Organization: Electromagnetic fields
  • WHO: Extremely Low Frequency Fields Environmental Health Criteria Monograph No. 238
  • WHO: Fact Sheet No. 322: Electromagnetic fields and public health
  • International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection

Other agencies

  • National Institute of Environment Health Sciences
  • Canadian Electricity Association

 

Power lines and your health

  • Electric and magnetic fields from power lines
  • What the health experts are saying
  • Research and resources on EMF

See also

  • Understanding electric and magnetic fields booklet [PDF, 240 KB]

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